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[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pop-psych/201702/why-non-violent-protests-work by Jesse Marczyk Ph.D. 13/2/17 Psychology Today] | [https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pop-psych/201702/why-non-violent-protests-work by Jesse Marczyk Ph.D. 13/2/17 Psychology Today] | ||
It’s a classic saying: The pen is mightier than the sword. While this saying communicates some valuable information, it needs to be qualified in a significant way to be true. Specifically, in a one-on-one fight, the metaphorical pens do not beat swords. | It’s a classic saying: The pen is mightier than the sword. While this saying communicates some valuable information, it needs to be qualified in a significant way to be true. Specifically, in a one-on-one fight, the metaphorical pens do not beat swords. | ||
=====Non-Violence===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/mlk-non-violence/ by PBS] | |||
Martin Luther King's creed of non-violence surprised many Americans. Though conceding that King's methods were effective, black psychologist Kenneth Clark called the philosophy of loving one's enemy "psychologically burdensome." In a 1963 interview, Malcolm X accused King of working "to keep Negroes defenseless in the face of an attack." Nevertheless, King's approach achieved success in Montgomery, Alabama, and other civil rights hot spots. | |||
